Corey O'Leary

Will Wade got a big piece of news earlier this week when Top 50 point guard Tremont Waters committed to LSU and will play for the Tigers in 2017-18. Waters, Connecticut's Gatorade Player of the Year, was the nation's top rated player still left on the board, after he received his release from Georgetown...

As the seasons change, mother nature is subtly telling us to look at the coming months and get prepared for what's next. Winter is over, which means these next few weeks are a natural reminder to get to work on any projects you put off or need to get done before your summer fun...

With Phoenix playing host to the 2017 Final Four, Grand Canyon University got a chance to host one of the most fun traditions in college basketball - the dunk contest and three-point competitions. GCU delivered, with its student section as rowdy and into it as a late February conference game. It didn't hurt that Antelopes'...

It's been 25 years since Bobby Hurley led Duke to their epic 1992 repeat championship and was named NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player. All these years later, those Blue Devils are still considered by many to be the standard for great college basketball teams. Now the Head Coach at Arizona State, Hurley can now appreciate...

March is over, and that means the conclusion of Dash to the Desert. After four weeks, it's time to crown a National Champion in either the Gonzaga Bulldogs or North Carolina Tar Heels. It's not hard to figure out where Scott Williams' loyalty lies. He's been a part of the Carolina family since 1986, when...

With so much focus on the NCAA Tournament in March, Dash to the Desert has only touched on the annual coaching carousel that takes place as season finish up. During Final Four week, however, the Georgetown Hoyas search for coach has been the talk of Phoenix. Ahead of today's breaking news that Hoyas' great Patrick...

Now that we're down to the final game of the college basketball season, it's only fitting that Scott Williams gets to end Dash to the Desert by talking about one of the teams playing for the National Championship tonight - the North Carolina Tar Heels. UNC has consistently won for decades and Williams, Class of 1990,...

The final episode of Dash to the Desert aired ahead of Monday Night's National Championship game between number one seeds Gonzaga and North Carolina. With some thrilling semifinal games, there was a lot to cover. After jumping to a double-digit lead, Gonzaga fought off a 16-0 South Carolina run in the second half to reach...

Expectations were high for the Arizona Wildcats entering the NCAA Tournament, with many observers expecting them to make a Final Four run despite their youth. Although they came up short in losing to a talented Xavier team in the Sweet 16, Sean Miller is still one of the nation's brightest coaches. "People forget where this team was at...

While the Big East got seven teams into the NCAA Tournament this season, perhaps the most surprising of them all made it the furthest in the Big Dance. Squarely on the bubble heading into Selection Sunday, the Xavier Musketeers played their way to the Elite Eight as an 11-seed. Losing six straight games before getting a...